Jack Cranford, doll, (German set)
THE CRANFORD CHILDREN SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, Jack Cranford, (German set)
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing of the US sets. They discuss the series on page 161.This is the German published set of JACK CRANFORD and they are not mentioned in the Whitton book so must be very rare. There are four sets in the series with each set having one doll, four dresses and four hats. JACK CRANFORD 9011 C, JESSIE CRANFORD 9011 a, JENNIE CRANFORD 9011 b, and JANE, THE NURSE. They are marked on the backs SCUTZMARKE HOFLIEFERANLEM S. MAJ. DES KONIGS UND IHRERMAJ. DER KONIGIN VON ENGLAND N0. 9011 C RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, KUNSTVERLAG. BERLIN. LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK
Jack Cranford, doll, (German set)
9011
C
doll, head separate but "attached at a proper angle, onto an elongated neck, space being left under the chin to slip on the separate costume which also came with a neck long enough to allow this manipulation" page 70 of PAPER DOLLS A GUIDE TO COSTUME BY CLARA HALLARD FAWCETT, 1951. , he has short brown hair parted on his left, he wears a one piece undershirt garment with short brown socks and brown shoes, his left lower arm is hidden behind his back and his right is bent upwards at the elbow. he is marked on the reverse as above
2 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. doll